Unfortunate: Andhra Pradesh Doctor among 157 dead in Ethiopian Airlines crash

The deceased doctor reached Ethiopia from the US and then took boarded Ethiopian Airlines for Nairobi, Kenya from Ethiopia. The flight took off from the Addis Ababa airport at 8.48 am, and a few minutes later at 8.54 am, the air crash happened.

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The unfortunate accident took 157 lives among which four were Indians including the doctor.

A relative of the deceased doctor twitted regarding the case.

He wrote "Her parents are inconsolable. We are unable to talk to them. We have requested the external affairs minister for help in identifying the body and flying it to India for last rites. The bodies are said to have broken into pieces. The officials say the pieces would be identified based on DNA tests. Very tragic it is."

The Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj responded to the tweet and said that she has asked India's High Commissioner in Kenya, Rahul Chhabra, to provide all help and assistance to those waiting to receive the bodies of their loved ones, reports the

Deccan Chronicle.

Meanwhile, Ethiopian Airlines officials informed that forensic investigations and identification of the identities of the victims will be done as quickly as possible.

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